jazeera.com. ♪ . >> announcer: this is al jazee jazeera. >> reporter: hello and welcome to the news hour from al jazeera headquarters in doha and i have your top stories. >> ayes to the right 272, nos to the left 285. >> reporter: a no vote from britain and the u.s. is mulling a possible strike on syria. under arrest but undeterred the muslim brotherhood calls for protests as another top member is detained. anger in the democratic republic

of congo after bombs hit homes and some say they came from rawan dshg a. a multi million dollar pay out to players suffering from injuries and we hear from a nfl star on what the settlement means to him. >> no matter what my three children will be able to go and get their education. ♪ well, the u.s. has lost britain's backing for any military intervention in syria but a possible strike remains on the table. the obama administration is still considering its options and france may be a willing partner. we will be live in paris with details in that in a moment and we go to london for a reaction of if no vote in parliament and we have this report from carolyn malone. >> reporter: a resistance outside the white house against

the u.s. attacking syria. as leaders look at military options. an important ally to the uk urged against intervening in syria in reaction to the suspected use of chemical weapons. the u.s. defense chief chuck hagel says the united states still hopes to act with other allies. >> our approach is to continue to find an international coalition that will act together and i think you are seeing a number of countries say publically state their position on the use of chemical weapons. >> reporter: on thursday british members of parliament voted against involvement in military actions. >> ayes to the right 272, the nos to the left 285. >> reporter: among those who voted against the government's proposal was 30 conservatives, members of prime minister david

cameron's own party. >> it's very clear tonight while the house has not passed a motion it's clear that the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that and the government will act accordingly. >> reporter: and in australia the prime minister said they are confident chemical weapons were used and syrian president bashir assad is responsible but said there is time for the diplomacy at the un. >> diplomatic process in new york. >> reporter: teams are on the last day of a fact-finding mission in the suburbs of damascus. secretary general is expecting word on whether chemical weapons were used on people in syria as early as saturday. carolyn malone al jazeera. >> reporter: this is a view from london and speak to

barnabie and they are defeating the call for military action on syria. >> reporter: yes, that is right, a real shock for the prime minister. he was not expecting this and the look on his face at the end of the long debate when the results were made out was one of pure thunder. with me i have one of the conservative governing party members of parliament who defied his prime minister divide government policy and voted against the possibility of military action in syria. why did you rebel on this crucial vote? phillip conservative mp. >> and they made it quite clear to me there was though effort for british military intervention in the syrian civil war. >> reporter: you were picking it up at a popular level over the past few days. >> absolutely my constituents do not want to be involved in the civil war on a unilateral bases

with the united states and perhaps france. if it were a u.n. exercise to do something about the chemical situation this syria that may be a different story. >> reporter: the prime minister said he wasn't getting involved in the council war and he will retaliate and deter to prevent the future use of chemical weapons which to use his words they were specific and lethal and you were not convinced. >> no i was not and nor were constituents and when you lobby missiles at a foreign country, whatever your motives might be, no doubt the prime minister has done this with the best of intentions you do this and the syrian regime would be an attack by the uk and france and we would have been involved in the syrian conflict. >> reporter: have you and follow rebels damaged the special relationship with america? >> i think the special relationship is extremely strong. it will endure then , episode and people will find it refreshing that from time to

time britain can stand up to the united states and say we are friends with you but on a candid basis and disagree with you on this issue. we are still friends and have a special relationship but not going to agree on everything. >> reporter: phillip conservative mp talking to me in westminster and thank you very much and back to you in doha. >> reporter: thank you for that, let's cross to paris and speak to jackie and the no votes we saw in the uk jackie, does that change france's will or decisions to act militarily on syria? >> well, not if you look at what the president has said and speaking to the newspaper on friday and he said the britain is a sovereign country and every right to take its own decisions but made it clear france would take the decisions and later on friday he will be having an in depth discussion on the phone with barack obama to talk about the way forward. the position of france at the

moment as he outlined it to the newspaper was that if the united nations is unable to reach a decision then a coalition will form anyway. he said the coalition should be as broad as possible, should bring in as many nations and it would base its actions on resolutions, decorations by the arab league. he went on to make the point there are very few countries in the world who have as he put it the capacity to inflict the kind of sanction that would be appropriate. france is one of them. he said france was ready and it would take its decision in close coordination with its allies. at the moment we are talking about mainly the united states. however, he went on to say that the chemical attacks in damascus could not and must not remain unpunished. his argument was it would be sending a very dangerous message to the world and effectively saying it's okay to use chemical weapons. he thought that was a very dangerous precedent to set.

not talking about regime change, merely the international community forcing a halt to the violence in syria. >> reporter: all right, jackie thank you very much, that is jackie reporting from paris with a view from france. and just to let you know that according to the ap news agency as well as the royters we have news from germany and saying it has a no plans to join any military strike against syria. so that is the latest out of germany. and thousands of people are continuing to leave syria to find refuge in neighboring countries and many fled to northern iraq where they say they are struggling to deal with influx and believed many of the refugees going there are syrian curds and al jazeera is live for us there. what are they telling you, the refugees coming through about what they think about this possible military strike by the

united states and possibly others? >> well, i have to say there is a lot of confusion here. many of the people are hoping any potential military strike will be a decisive action and means that they can go home. there is no understanding of what is going on, the british and german vote as well and what is going on at u.n. security council. people want an end to the conditions they are living in. you can probably hear the wind whistling around me and dust is kicking up. this is an hellish atmosphere to live in and the camp is not ready. the camp is literally about 12 days old and it still needs a lot of work on it. now, i spend the morning talking to some of those syrian refugees and asked them if they hoped any potential military strike might mean for them. >> and they delayed action for so long and could have taken action before the refugees came here if it was america or countries, the war destroyed

syria. we hope for an immediate air strike to end the suffering and the situation we are in. the strike should come the next few days. and they sat do you know and gave the people power and destruction of syria could have been avoided. >> reporter: and what is it that aid agencies are doing in order to prepare for a possible influx of new refugees after a strike? >> well, what the united nations told al jazeera are on a number of the bordering countries in syria there are stations to receive any potential influx of refugees. that includes jordan, lebanon, egypt and turkey in northern iraq and a lot of what the aid agencies tell us is they are not ready for a mass of refugees and they are up to capacity at the moment but any more will need international effort and need the regional government here to lend a hand and the president of the curd government said they

are prepared to help but nobody knows what kind of refugee crisis they will see once if the air strikes will happen. it's all -- it remains to be seen how many people will come over and what exactly the needs are. but for the moment there is a funding crisis and the aid agencies are stretched. >> reporter: all right, thank you. that is al jazeera reporting from arabeel. floods in pakistan killed dozens of people and effected more than a million and the village says the government abandoned them and that is later in the news hour. also ahead. >> i'm in los angeles, one of scores of cities where fast-food workers are striking, demanding better wages. >> reporter: and williams plays on at the open as she moves closer to the title and we will have the action in sports. ♪

but first if muslim brotherhood ramped up the call for protests on friday as one of the group's most prominent leaders was arrested. he is the latest being detained and monica reports. >> reporter: a key player in egypt's political landscape before the coup and beltagy was a regular fixture on stage with those opposing the country's military leadership camped out for weeks. he is the secretary general of the group's political arms, the freedom and justice party. with security forces moved in to break up the protest from august 14, the 17-year-old daughter was shot and killed. his son amar has since been arrested. and he was charged on 7 counts of incitement to violence during protests. so too have dozens of other senior leaders in the

organization including supreme guide and members of the group say he was beaten up and humiliated. >> as of now i'm voicing my concern to the international community that human rights should be respected here. >> reporter: and beltagy had been in hiding for weeks and in a video message released wednesday night he urged egyptians to take to the street and hours before an alliance of anti-coup groups announced the strategy including smaller and shorter protests, challenging the current state of emergency and military curfew and a boycott of companies they think support the interim government. >> the main problem we are facing now is large protests are very dangerous now for people. for me i don't care. i'm one who is ready to die any where and any time. and i swear on that.

>> reporter: security forces warn any attacks on public institutions after friday prayers will be met with force. monica and al jazeera cairo. >> reporter: mike hanna is from cairo and how are they preparing for the protests, mike? >> well very intensely indeed. the interior ministry says any attempts to attack any target will be met with the utmost force and security forces locked down large areas of cairo and ramsey square as well as rabbi square which are scenes of confrontation in resent weeks completely sealed off by military. the mosques in the squares incidentally closed down for what are said to be renovation. the square locked down by the military surrounded by armored personnel carriers and the city of cairo is very much on a high alert basis as are other cities throughout egypt. >> reporter: with the arrest of

muslim brotherhood's members with the state of emergency in force in egypt, why is the military allowing these protests to go ahead? >> well, the interim government stated repeatedly the people of egypt have the right to peaceful protests and it must be seen to allow the demonstrations and protests to go ahead. however, it draws the line it says, if the protest becomes violent or if particular car targets are under attack they will be dismantled but it's difficult to see it and the protesters are intent that it is the military and the police that provoke violence during protests or indeed there are people among the protesters who are not sharing aims from the military and the police side it is there are those among the protesters who are intent of using these as

a guise to engage in direct violent action against the forces of egypt. so certainly there are two different tales that go on in terms of these protests that peak every friday after friday prayers, each side has it's point of view but there is an interim government intent on maintaining the democratic values saying that peaceful protest is the right of every egyptian. >> reporter: would the arrests of members of the muslim brotherhood, how big are we expecting them to be and who is coming out with which purpose? >> well, as mentioned, dozens of members of the muslim brotherhood have been arrested and obviously having a massive impact on the organizational structures. yet members of anti-coup alliance which is the umbrella of which the muslim brotherhood is a dominant part, protests will continue and intent they

have retained organizational structures and they maintain that these demonstrations will not despite the ongoing rest stop until their basic aim is met and that is reinstatement of a democraticily elected government. >> reporter: that is mike hanna reporting from cairo. they arrested an al jazeera team in cairo and our correspondent and that is the camera man and producer russ have been held since tuesday. and two other journalists working for sister channels have been detained for several weeks and al jazeera is urging the egyptian authorities to release them unconditionally. and 23 rebels in the democratic report of congo say they will withdraw troops on the front line and leader says it's to allow an investigation into shelling that hit neighboring rwanda. and peace keepers blame the

rebels but rwanda said the congo army is behind the attacks and they are battling the rebels since the over throw earlier this year. most of the fighting has taken place in and around the city of goma in the east and the u.n. peace keeping mission has a 3,000 strong to fight the rebels because malcolm web reports it's little comfort to those who lost homes and relatives in the conflict. >> the people are furious. bombs landed in their neighborhood in goma. this house was destroyed. one person inside was killed and 8 more were injured by the blast and shrapnel. >> we don't know but suspect the bomb came from rwanda and heard a blast and the house shattered. >> reporter: police try to calm the crowd and they bring a tire to burn to start a roadblock.

so police collect the injured and leave. we leave with them. the injured are brought to hospital. and they were so frightened by the blast doctors say she is hysterical and try to remove shrapnel from her back and daylight comes and there is more bomb, this time they land just over the border in neighboring rwanda and killing a woman and injuring a baby and try to figure out where the shells are coming from. this is the border and this is the rwanda city and this is the congo city of goma and the cities are joined together and shells are landing on both sides. congo working at the border heard them being fired from the rwanda side. and the spokesman said they are

shelling congo and itself possibly to try and stir tension. >> i don't know why rwanda did it perhaps to create panic in the population. we had an m-23 and heavy losses and this is proof they are desperate and proof that rwanda supports m-23. >> reporter: but rwanda denies it and says the congo keep shelling them and won't tolerate it any more and u.n. peace keepers say it was m-23 rebels and people in goma pick through the rubble and nobody knows when or where the next shell will land. tensions rise between these two countries the people caught in the middle feel less and less safe. malcolm web al jazeera in the democratic republic of congo. >> reporter: the attack happened at a mosque in the northern providence of kondoos

and the chief was attending a funeral from a tribal elder. firefighters in the u.s. are trying to stop a massive wildfire in california spreading further into yosemite national park. the so called rim fire has expanded to 800 square kilometers and the 6th largest wildfire in california history. officials say it could take another week to fully contain it. and military drone has been brought in to help bring it under control. at least 24 people have died after heavy flooding in the capitol and many were killed when the mud walls of homes collapsed after heavy rain and others died in the city without proper drainage and newspapers are reporting as many as 50 people have been killed. and pakistan's government is criticized for being unprepared for monsoon rains and at least 170 people have been killed and more than a million effected in several provinces and we report

from one of the worst hit areas. >> reporter: water, as far as the eye can see. as we travel through the flood zone we come across people stranded, waiting for help. and he is among those worst affected and tends to the few livestock she has left. the rest of her cattle whose milk is her only source of income were either washed away from the rising flood waters or have died from disease. the mother of 8 small children says she is struggling to cope. >> i'm so depressed. the floods nearly destroyed our home and all of our farmland and what food we had is lost and barely feed ourselves let alone animals, my children are getting sick, i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the destruction caused by the floods is plain to see. but the sad reality is that much of this damage could have been

avoided. in 2010 over 1700 killed and millions displaced from the floods and every year since then there has been wide scale flooding and the floods are caused by the monsoon system which brings heavy downpours across asia and the government has done little to prevent homes and farmland from being washed away. and this is her brother in law and shows me the roof of the extended family's home nearly collapsed during the heavy monsoon rains and making it worse his farm is now completely destroyed by the flood waters and along with it his livelihood. and amid said the government is to blame. >> every year we experience floods and the government has not done anything, no dams

constructed and how can they get away with neglect. >> reporter: a question that leaders have struggled to answer, al jazeera, southern pen-jab. >> reporter: three people have died in taiwan following heavy rains caused by a tropical storm over there. more than 500 millimeters of rain fell on the west coast as tropical storm battered the islands, 3600 people have been forced to leave their homes and let's get an update on the heavy rains in taiwan with richard. >> thanks, doreen. there are clouds over eastern parts of china but the storm is moving to the west china sea. as it went by the east coast of china they made the decision to recall much of the fishing fleet across the providence and 20,000

vessels held in port to avoid the weather associated with it. the wind is not major storm system. this is located at the moment. by the time it reaches japan looking at speeds of 75k ph and gusts 95. the rain associated with this which will cause further problems particularly up through the western side of japan. so you think it was no longer a problem for taiwan but looking at the forecast you think it is there but it's not. what is happening is that the presence is enhancing the southwest monsoon and a super monsoon effect like we saw with the philippines the other day. for taiwan we could see another 100-150 millimeters of rain falling over the next 24-48 hours. as for japan, here we would like to see heavy rain particularly on the western coast of both kesho and honsho and tokyo could

be looking at less. >> reporter: much of the world is experiencing a slow down in growth the u.s. economy is gradually picking up and helping to drive that growth is a boom in energy exploration as well as production. tom ackerman has more from texas the number one state for oil and gas production. >> reporter: midday in the once sleepy center of texas, not so long ago this was a quiet farming town and now it's a cross road of the oil and gas drilling boom in south texas. that boom has been good for the family restaurant run by daisy barahas and one of many people drawn to an area where spanish is heard nearly as often as english. >> we benefitted quite a bit because we have a lot of oil companies and they helped us as well as other businesses. a lot of people are moving here from all over texas. >> reporter: it's been more than a century since texas saw the

first oil gusher making america the world's leading producer until eclipsed by the middle east. they are exploding the shall gas deposits as never before. texas doubled the crude production a sharp reversal from the two decades of falling out put and if it were independent nation texas would rank behind kuwait and venezuela and they escaped the great recession and u.s. jobs grew 1% in the last 5 years the oil and gas industry increased by 40%. those paychecks are nourishing the local economy in one of the historically poorest regions of the country. >> all the sudden you are seeing jobs in south texas that are averaging 70, 80,000 a year. plus benefits. and the region just has not seen

those -- that kind of multiplier effect. it will change south texas. >> reporter: after previous oil booms texas has gone through busts. but as america's thirst grows and people expect a long ride. tom ackerman al jazeera, nixon, texas. >> reporter: british public opinion gains military action in syria helped sway politicians there. coming up, we will get main streets american views. >> i feel sorry for the guys dying over there and all that but we got to take care of our own. >> reporter: we will take a closer look a little later on the al jazeera news hour. also a march in support of columbia's farmers turns into a riot and tiger woods looks to have shaken off his back problems, that is ahead of his next challenge on the pga tour and joe has the details in

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♪ and the al jazeera news hour and welcome back, these are top stories the u.s. is prepare agree response for the suspected gas attack by syrian forces and that is despite losing support from uk whose parliament rejected it and germany says it won't consider joining a future intervention. one of the most prominent leaders is arrested and detained for inciting violence and calls for a mass protest after friday

prayers. and 23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo will withdraw troops on the front line and they have been battling the rebels since they over threw the president earlier this year. more on our top story and the british parliament rejection against syria and the no vote reflect public opinion with britt ands opposed to getting involved in more middle east fighting and americans are weary about another conflict and we report from chicago. >> reporter: call it america's iraq war hangover. >> i will not want to see another war. i will not want to see america be involved in another war, absolutely not. >> i feel sorry for the guys dying over there and all that but we got to take care of our own. >> reporter: the prospect of military intervention has supporters across the u.s. >> it's horrific what everyday syrian people had to endure. >> if we don't do anything and

just massacre and the martyrs, i think it maybe inevitable to do some kind of action of military action. >> reporter: polls show most americans weary of a decade of war in afghanistan and iraq want no part of it. the poll last week found 60% of americans oppose u.s. intervention in syria and 9% support it. >> obama probably shouldn't have said put the red line out there like he did and now i guess he feels that he has to do something about it. as far as i'm concerned we ought to have a little more wait and see attitude. >> reporter: americans are reluctant to intervene in syria and have a history of long-term support rallying around the commander-in-chief when troops deployed and political analysts say a brief military action would face little opposition but recent u.s. history suggests u.s. interventions are rarely

brief. american troops have been in conflict after conflict from the rice fields of vietnam to the strongholds of afghanistan and most notably iraq where americans recall the president cited weapons of mass destruction were which were proved nonexistent to justify war. >> i don't know the truth behind it because i don't think intel has been very accurate in the middle east on just about any issue. >> i think it's another show of obama's weakness, the fact he has to pull a stunt like this to keep his popularity up and a mistake for the united states to be involved. >> reporter: in the coast and middle america for many the lingering miss trust that followed the war in iraq runs deep and al jazeera chicago. >> reporter: let's go to london and she is the editor at large of the newspaper in london and joining us there, good to have you with us. you are disappointed about the

uk parliament no vote on military intervention in syria, why is that? >> absolutely. i mean this is really a mistake of historic proportion. what we have seen idea in the debate is a group of mps who are largely uninformed and were not taking the matter seriously and were weak and they also are debating this in the shadows of the iraq war. it's also very sad today that we see the debate has moved on in the media about the understanding of mr. cameron. this is a moral story and a story that will affect the whole world and unfortunately today we see that britain stands isolated and a small island and we don't want to be with europe and the world, what is the future of the island? >> reporter: what is it that you believe that the limited strikes as the uk was calling it as they

took part it in and u.s. perhaps might still strike syria, what are the limited strikes can do in the country? because the argument is that this is a very difficult situation and, in fact, it can engulf the whole region. >> yes, i actually don't believe that that it will engulf the whole region and i think it will do a lot and if not only keeping the morality of the world and telling assad and the like the world will not stand for anybody attacking innocent children and women and human beings at large with gas. we have only seen also in the last few hours another attack by mr. assad in the north of syria with bombs as they are having the pictures now and this is limited and a clear signal will world will not stand for it. i can tell you it would have been rather effective if this

was with the world as such. this attack i believe could -- sorry. >> reporter: well, you are talking about the chemical gas attack but worth pointing out so far there is no evidence that the government used the chemical gas attack against the citizens and we know the u.n. inspector teams are still inside syria trying to gather evidence. but let me ask you about political reconciliation because i feel the discussion has moved away from any national reconciliation when it comes to syria, how do limited military strikes push forward jeneva and push forward the peace process? >> allow me first not to actually agree with the premise of your question. there is no doubt i think in many, many people's mines that it was regime who carried out the attacks and we know opposition doesn't have the arms to carry these weapons. but anyway as you say that since the debate has moved on let me tell you that it is the regime

who didn't want to come in the political table and geneva in the first conference and it's the regime not trying to change its position of what it has been doing for the last three years and it's more killing and more attacks on its people. i will just remind you more than 100,000 people are killed and nearly 3 million refugees are in the neighboring countries including my country lebanon. so not doing anything i think is exacerbating the situation and also creating more militancy in the area, if the world moved in from the beginning i don't think we will be in the position we are in now. i only hope and pray that mps in the world at large and in the country as well as india will be more foe ward and understand what it means when they call to go to the un, we all know the un is actually paralyzed because of the russian position and the

chinese position and yet we spend hours saying we should go to the un. it is a great pity that the world now is moving into a new phase where we are allowing president assad to gas people and gas and other things on it. i would not be at all surprised if we don't see more of the same. >> reporter: all right, very good to get your thoughts and thanks for joining us out of london. >> thank you. >> reporter: rape and sexual abuse of women and young girls in somalia is increasing at an alarming rate and they go unreported because of the stigma and the first six months of the year there were 800 reported cases of sexual cases in mogadesha and we report on that. >> reporter: these are brave women at a shelter for victims of sexual assault run by a local charity and receive legal

advice. the somali women and they have medical treatment. it's the weakest members of society who bear the brunt of these kinds of attacks. this blind woman was raped a few weeks ago. >> i was woken by a man who hit me with a flashlight in the face and pressed on my forehead and after raping me he kicked me in the ribs. >> reporter: shot in both arms when she tried tonight get away. >> i tried to snatch the gun but he over powered me and shot me in both arms before fleeing. >> reporter: and most incidents of rape happen in camps like this one displaced by famine and conflict by other parts of the country, poor, helpless and far away areas without protection and they are exposed. human rights workers say abuse often takes place at the hands

of armed groups. in a case causing widespread anger a young mother takes the most brutal allegations against african union troops. she told local media that she was the street from soldiers from the national army and blind folded and forced in a car before being handed over to the peace keepers where she says she was repeatedly raped. it's a claim that they deny. >> that is a foolish thing and i cannot believe our soldiers. >> reporter: every soldier come to the ground, know what he has to do as far as human rights is concerned. >> reporter: but the somali government criticized for action against these type of crime say it was deeply troubled by the alleged rape by peace keepers. >> we moved as soon as we got

the information. we created two commissions and a ministerial and technical one to investigate the matter. we are waiting for the outcome of the inquiry. >> reporter: the government inquiries however are not causing much optimism here. and they believe tackling the country's alarming rate of sexual violence begins with the acknowledgment that it is indeed a problem. mohamed with al jazeera, somalia. >> reporter: a mexican judge apologized for attacking two fellow justices in court. migel latched out during court and the judge was angry after a colleague accused him of insulting him. and the head of state appeals court says he brought shame on the court and that he could face impeachment. and mexican police made an important arrest in the fight against drugs and mario is accused of a senior figure in

the cartel. he has been links to the murders of more than 350 people. and the editor has the details from mexico city. >> reporter: mexican authorities say it took them 7 months to track down 39-year-old madio who is the man who started and set up, in fact, the armed wing of the feared cartel which is run by the world's most wanted drug trafficker. he worked for the rival group before moving over to the other group and said to be responsible for the deaths of at least 350 people found in 23 separate braves in the northwestern state of budangle and wanted by u.s. authorities for drug trafficking and according to mexican officials he could get 40 years in prison if found guilty. this is certainly good news his capture for president who is due to give his first state of the

union message in just a few days. >> reporter: and we will have the sports news in a couple of minutes and the nfl agrees to a multi million pay out overhead injuries sustained by players but what will that mean to one former star? we will tell you. ♪ looking at steve jobs schools and not everybody is happy that technology is taking over. ♪ ç]

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fighting between protesters and police in the capitol. thousands joined a protest against agricultural and trade policies which farmers say are strangling their profits and we are there and have this report. >> reporter: spreading to the cities, thousands of students and labor union members took to the streets and urban centers on thursday in support of the growing nationwide farmer's strike that is paralyzing regions of columbia. >> we are protesting because of the crisis of farmers and this is everybody's crisis and agricultural and popular up rising and the strike belongs to everybody and we are defending it. >> reporter: farmers complain the country's free trade agreement and market policies have them on the brink of bankruptcy. >> we want to free sovereign columbia and potatoes and we

produce and need to modernize it and solve issues of the land. >> reporter: and marches try to reach the center of town. the rallies were supposed to converge in the central plaza right in front of the columbia parliament and clashes broke out and riot police moved in disbursing the people with tear gas. demonstrators and the police continued fighting until late in the evening. schools, stores and offices were closed and public transportation was suspended. for 11 days farmers blocked some of the country's main highways, at least three people died in the confrontations. and on thursday the president addressed the nation acknowledging for the first time the gravity of the crisis. >> we are passing through a storm, storms that formed because of accumulation and abandonment and lack of policy in the agricultural sector over

a very long period of time. now we are paying the consequences. and this is the first thing we must recognize. >> the clashes came as the government delegates and farmers leaders have second negotiations and they will lift it on these but they will continue. >> reporter: time for sports news and joe is here. >> the nfl agrees to a $765 million settlement to diagnose and compensate thousands of retired players suffering from head or brain injuries and it comes after thousands of former players suffering from dementia and brain disorders accuse the league of hiding dangers of head injury, one of the highest profile case is the san diego linebacker and he committed suicide in 2012. later we found he was suffering

from a type of chronic brain damage come among former nfl players. one of those who stands to benefit from the pay out is kevin turner a former running back with the new england patriots and eagles and suffers from lou gehrig disease. >> i was glad to see conversation but for me the main reason i join this litigation is, first wise, was to ensure that people, you know, knew about the seriousness of brain injury and head trauma especially the cumulative effects of it. and i was ignorant and didn't know. i didn't know if i have three or

five or seven maybe years but this allows me to insure, no matter what my three children will be able to go to college and get their education. >> reporter: and we have a sports attorney based in miami and says the deal doesn't necessarily draw a line under the issue. >> understand this is just the preliminary steps right now. so it still needs to have preliminary approval by judge brody in philadelphia and the eastern district of pennsylvania but then even there after there is no guaranty that every single player plaintiff is going to accept the settlement. there may be certain players that were in these quote, unquote years where there was no collective bargaining agreement in place that decide, i think i can make some extra money outside of this settlement agreement and i want to push forward with my claims against the nfl. also it's important to understand that this is only a

settle m with the nfl. there is still a pending claim against helmet manufacturer ridel where there could be additional monetary consequences and benefits for those players that have suffered damages. >> reporter: and they had the ban over match fixing concerned and the cause of arbitration turned down appeal and despite this on thursday and the place in the friday draw will be taken by the norwegian and this is 8-0 and he was beaten by sevilla and had a chance of 5-0 through 9-1 overall. the draw for the group stages the way for champions has been made in monico and led by united

and includes the groups below and nine time winners around madrid and the rivals are champions and the stand out groups in c are here and group d has munic going against csk moscow and they will be confident and qualifying out of group e, group f, that is one of the toughest includes last year's runners up scott land and heading up group g and finally group h and barcelona and celtic former cup winners. the award for best player in europe was given and he came ahead of the others. the seed at the u.s. open williams edged closer to a 5th

title after cruising into the third around and the match of pakistan was held over wednesday because of bad weather. but the 16 time grand slam champion breezed past the opponent 6-3. and the number one is through and hazard an easy time beating chanel in the straight set 6-1, 6-2. >> and i think it's great and it's a nice atmosphere and very electric and i was excited to go out there and play today. >> reporter: in the men's number two seed, he stormed in round three and dominated the silver, thrashing the qualifying, straight set 6-2, 6-1, 6-0.

>> and i try to play better and better every time and i finished the match playing well. >> reporter: 7th seed and five time winner is through to the third round after a win and winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in over an hour and a half. if he makes it through the next match he could face nadal in the finals. and the winner in the 100 meters at the diamond otherwise known as the classer, he was up against ashmeed and gatlin who finished second in the world championships. and in fifth gatlin was third over ashmeed and the record was running in a head win and running 9.90 seconds. tiger woods looks to shaken off a back problem that hampered his

challenge earlier in the week and just in time for the championship. and during practice he had no problem hitting shots unlike the barkley where he dropped to his knees in pain with his back appeared to have bothered him at the pga championships in the final round. >> i started feeling better yesterday. as far as a mental hurdle, i felt great this morning. treatment was good and felt ready to go. and i did full activation and i'm out there today and warmed up and had no issues and went out and played. >> reporter: and australia one the 20 against england thanks to a world knock of 154 from finch, it came off an incredible 74 and included 14-6s and had a massive total of 248 to 6 of 20 overs

and 209 with joe unbeaten on 90, australia had 39 runs. check out al jazeera.com/sports and there is details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that is the story for now. >> thanks very much for that. it sounds like a vision of the future but happening right now in the netherlands schools going ultra high tech and using tablet computers for everything and teachers are largely relegated. and we report from the city and the dutch government is planning to open more. >> books, sports, bags, that is so last term. and a new school year, a new approach in the netherlands, 2013 is all about the ipad. >> we have to prepare those children for the very fast changing world. >> reporter: and she proud of

his child, a steve jobs school and one of seven with three more on the way, the books relegated right next to the successes boxes. pupils start at age four get an ipad and the entire curriculum revolves around it and he hopes it's the future. >> i saw my daughter when she was one-year-old she started to use the ipad and i thought she is four years old and school doesn't use ipads and she is coming out of the future to the past. >> reporter: not a teacher, no a coach, that is how they are branded here, no standing at a blackboard and no strict and start finish time. the ipad is the teacher and with them at school and home. even by dutch standards this is a very informal and relaxed approach to learning and obviously the children love it. and the critics not so much and tell you school is not just about attending lessons but about discipline and routine and respect and building relations and social skills and when it comes to those things and these things there is not an app for

that. >> i've seen too many experiments getting too little education, no teachers whatsoever, so we have to be careful. >> reporter: this school is just a few minutes walk and yet a world away at least for now. there is only one ipad here and it's used to complement rather than replace traditional lessons. >> the use is to support of children. it's more practical. they need to learn it in the real world rather than in the virtual world. >> reporter: at the steve jobs school you find few criticisms and certainly not from students. >> it's handy. >> reporter: nor from parents. >> fun and games and the kids are learning stuff. >> reporter: the schools are not affiliated with apple, no doubt they will be watching closely. the dutch government certainly is. phil with al jazeera in the netherlands. >> we are back and in a moment right here on al jazeera we have another full bulletin for you

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